Symfony2 API
Interface

Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface

interface NormalizerInterface

Defines the interface of normalizers.

Methods

array|scalar normalize(object $object, string $format = null, array $context = array())

Normalizes an object into a set of arrays/scalars
Boolean supportsNormalization(mixed $data, string $format = null)

Checks whether the given class is supported for normalization by this normalizer

Details

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public array|scalar normalize(object $object, string $format = null, array $context = array())

Normalizes an object into a set of arrays/scalars

Parameters

object $object object to normalize
string $format format the normalization result will be encoded as
array $context Context options for the normalizer

Return Value

array|scalar

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public Boolean supportsNormalization(mixed $data, string $format = null)

Checks whether the given class is supported for normalization by this normalizer

Parameters

mixed $data Data to normalize.
string $format The format being (de-)serialized from or into.

Return Value

Boolean